Infant care apron

An apron-type garment adapted to be worn by a caregiver for an infant comprising:

• a. a front panel fabricated from an air permeable, multilayered material which gives the front panel sufficient rigidity that sections of the front panel situated proximate any depressions in the contour of the caregiver's body and tend to bridge the depressions so that the front panel forms a shield that makes only minimal contact with the caregiver's body;
• b. means for securing the mid-section of the front panel about the caregiver's waist;
• c. rear panels that are approximately one-half as long as the front panel, the rear panels being fabricated from the multilayered material;
• upper edges of the front panel and of first and second rear panels being joined together to form first and second junctures, respectively;
• the rear panels together covering most of the caregiver's back above the waist, contiguous portions of the front panel and of the rear panels covering the caregiver's shoulders and extending laterally therefrom;
• each of the rear panels having an inner edge, the inner edges being disposed proximate and alignable generally parallel to each other;
• d. the front panel and the rear panels defining an opening which is sized large enough for the caregiver's head, the opening being disposed between the first and second junctures;
• e. means for adjusting the size of the opening, the adjusting means including a pair of ties, each tie being attached to one of the inner edges and positioned so that the pair of ties can be fastened together;
• the garment, once the size of the opening is properly adjusted, being removable without undoing the fastening between the ties;
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• f. any points of attachment between the front panel and the first and second rear panels being disposed within the first and second junctures, respectively, so that the garment can be laid out flat and easily donned in a cape-like fashion.